Each day more people are turning to the Internet for information. The majority of your targeted market have access to a personal computer and the Internet. It is one of the most powerful advertising media that is utilized today. The Internet is the most effective method of letting people know who you are and what you do. You can say and show a lot more about your company than with virtually any other type of advertising. The Internet is the fastest growing communication and marketing medium in the history of business.

In a study by Cahners they found that 49 percent of business professionals now rate the Internet as extremely useful or useful to source information. According to Andy Weber, Cahner's Executive Vice President for Manufacturing and New Product Information, the Web is an important reference tool closer to the actual sale.

The Internet allows you to provide as much information about your company as you wish to provide. With a web site your customers have the time to absorb the information 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. The people you reach are the people who are looking for you and your operation. They visit your site willingly because they need to learn more about you and your company.

Your company’s exposure can be dramatically increased with a well-designed web site. Your web presence may be as simple as a "virtual ad" or as complex as an on-line shopping catalog.

It is a well known fact that we in the UK are behind the US in terms of Internet take-up.

The latest figures out states that there are now 10 Million Internet users in the UK.

UK leads the rest of Europe over Net access

Over thirty per cent of the population is connected. New figures released by researcher NetValue report that an impressive 31 per cent of the UK population is connected to the Internet - this represents around 7.3 million households. Germany comes next in the list with 24.7 per cent (8.5 million households) and France weighs in with 16.6 per cent (4 million households). It has been calculated that the average Brit spends 8.2 days online per month and clicks through an astounding 765 pages in their surfing time. If you think that the average UK surfer is a bespectacled geek then you will be surprised to learn that the initial gender gap between Net users has closed with women accounting for 40.5 per cent of all users during the month of July. Of course, the US are still the masters of the game with a staggering 51 million households connected to the Internet, and the average user accessing 1,282 web pages per month.

E-commerce grows with popularity

A new MORI survey reveals that two million people in the UK are now using the Internet to manage their money. This news comes despite fears about security and the recent online scares. The Internet financial services sector has grown by 11 per cent in the past year, with an estimated 6.3 million people logging on to research money issues. Breaking down the figures, 11 per cent of financial products arranged online include car, home or travel insurance and credit cards; ten per cent use the Internet to keep up-to-date with their current or savings account, and six per cent arrange their stocks and shares online

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